Taniya Dutta

Protest over killing of junior doctor leaves thousands of patients without care despite intervention from Supreme Court

More than 450 people, mostly students, were killed in protests that prompted her departure

Junior doctors across India have staged rallies after a trainee was raped and murdered earlier this month

The last local election in the region was held in December 2014

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to lead rally calling for justice

The crime has triggered a wave of strike action by junior and trainee doctors across the country

The South Asian nation got its independence from British colonial rule after two centuries

Nation was created in August 1947 out of north-western and eastern parts of British-ruled Indian subcontinent

Striking staff say more than one person was probably involved in the crime and are pushing for compensation for her family

Resident doctors' organisation announces halt in elective services 'until justice is delivered'

Authorities launch investigation into incident that followed clash between devotees and flower sellers

Pakistan's only other Olympic gold medal was in men's field hockey at Los Angeles in 1984

Nation of 170 million is about 90 per cent Muslim, with a considerable Hindu community and is bitterly fragmented over political affiliations

Founder of Grameen Bank has been a long-standing rival of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina

The new leader was the choice of student protesters who ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister